Page 4 - Ds David News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Birds, cows, spaceships piloted by her three boys. she is relentlessly, energetically and inarguably creative. >> she brainwashed me from the time we were kids. she was like you're the best artist in the world, you're the best artist in the world. >> you are! >> oh, thanks. but now she's telling me she's going to be the best artist in the world, so, she's very competitive. she says she's going to destroy me. >> awesome. [ laughter ] >> food is ready. >> so, do you want to explain what everything is, mom? >> the food i prepared tonight is very common korean food. this is beef rib stew. >> that ...

>> special rice for tony. >> and then stuffed peppers. >> oh, that's david's favorite. >> cheong po mook, seaweed and jelly mung beans, noodles with shiitake mushrooms, avocado egg rolls, fried squid and shrimp, potato pancake. often at the choe house, there's a few mexican dishes sprinkled in as well. it is always a great meal. i can tell you that. >> thanks, mom. this is delicious. >> this is awesome. >> thank you. >> i love it. >> during the riots of '92, jim and jane choe worked as real estate agents and property managers, so the destruction in koreatown had a direct impact on their lives....

>> was it life-changing for you? >> it's like you grow up and things are explained. here's the police, they're not doing anything they're supposed to do, just normal men and women of society acting like animals, and i was like, oh, everything i've been taught and learned my whole life is just disintegrating before my eyes. but in the end, we're, you know, from great disasters come great things, right? koreatown burned down. it's like we own l.a. now. it's half the l.a. >> now korean culture, grow up in size, all the over the world influence, you know? >> filmmakers, all the top korean filmmake...

The choes watched from home as the chaos unfolded on tv. after the riots, jim wrote a letter to the editor that was published in the "l.a. times." >> i'm extremely angry with the lapd for their outrageous action. while the cops to let the looters run wild and rape our city, they somehow had time to bother korean shop owners guarding their stores. how can an owner of a business just sit back and watch his life be burned to the ground? >> david would have a very different reaction. >> my brother stole a car, and we went into, like, all of the neighborhoods, and then quickly realized it wasn't, l...

Competitive. she says she's going to destroy me. >> awesome. [ laughter ] >> food is ready. >> so, do you want to explain what everything is, mom? >> the food i prepared tonight is very common korean food. this is beef rib stew. >> that kimchi's looking fresh. >> yes, kimchi's fresh. >> today is chestnut rice. >> no one has this kind of rice. >> special rice. >> special rice for tony. >> and then stuffed peppers. >> oh, that's david's favorite. >> cheong po mook, seaweed and jelly mung beans, noodles with shiitake mushrooms, avocado egg rolls, fried squid and shrimp, potato pancake. often at t...